We
copy the following from a communication from Richmond to the Charleston Courier—

The
new patent office of the Confederate States begins to attract attention.
Since it was organized in May last, two hundred and eight applications
for patent rights have been filed and sixty caveats. Necessity is the
mother of invention, says the old saw. The pressure of circumstances
will develop the inventive faculties of a people. We have been
astonished to see how readily the southern mind has sprung into activity
since we have severed our connection with Yankee Doodledom.

The
impetus thus given by the severance of the Union to invention will
rapidly develop the manufacturing interests of the new Confederacy. It
may be well here to state that the old United States patents are not
recognized by our government, and, therefore, it is lawful for our
citizens to enter into the manufacture of all those great products of
foreign invention, such as the manufacture of india-rubber, reaping
machines, telegraphic implements, sewing machines, patent firearms,
patent locks, carriages, fire engines, and the thousand and one smaller
nicknacks of the day which have made immense fortunes for northern men.

Many
millions of dollars have been paid yearly by the south as a tribute to
northern monopolists. Hereafter the southern people may send their
orders and their cash to Charleston and Richmond instead of New York and
Boston. Here let me remark again what fortunes are in store for those of
our enterprising young men, who first undertake the manufacture of
articles liberated under our new patent laws. There is nom earthly
reason why they should not become Goodyears, Colts, Singers, Grover
& Bakers, Harpers and Townsends. It should also be borne in mind
that the copyrights of all northern books are vitiated.

Courtenay
may get out a cheap edition of Prescott’s magnificent histories as
soon as he pleases. So will the patent medicines of the north, most of
which are trash, but some of which are really worth reproduction. The
north has made too much out of the south to warrant the late act of
Congress confiscating all our property to Yankee use. Since our enemies
have neither gratitude nor honesty, let us have no qualms of conscience
about appropriating all we can find belonging to them, by way of
retaliation.

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“Sally,
you seem to be ignorant in geography, I will examine you in grammar.
Take this sentence, ‘Marriage is a civil contract.’ Parse
marriage.”

“Marriage
is a noun because it is a name. And though Shakespeare asks, what’s in
a name, and says that ‘a rose by any other name would smell as
sweet,’ yet marriage being a noun, and therefore a name, shows that
the rule established by the Bard of Avon has exceptions. For marriage
certainly is of very great importance, and being a noun, and therefore a
name, ergo, there is something in a name.”

“Good.
Well, what is the case of marriage?”

“Don’t
know, sir.”

“Decline
it, and see.”

“Don’t feel at
liberty to decline marriage after having made Bill the promise I have.
I’d rather conjugate.”

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SOUTHERN VAMPIRES

The
Montgomery Advertiser comes
down pretty heavy on those men who are speculating on the necessities of
the people in the present crisis. We give the annexed extracts from the Advertiser’s article:

It
is mortifying to reflect that there are men so dead to every patriotic
impulse in the present war for independence, as to devote all the
energies of their minds to the one idea of making every dollar possible
out of the necessities of the government and the people.

There
are men in the south who have made it their business to
secure the product of mills on
which the government

relied
for furnishing winter clothing for the soldiers, and by holding on to
their bargains are enabled to control the market and demand and receive
exorbitant prices. Others, when they have seen that there was to be a
large demand for certain kinds of cloth for uniforms, have sent out
their agents, bought all that was in the market, and secured the
services of mills in which they are manufactured, and in this way have
obtained a complete monopoly; and the soldier who shoulders his musket
to fight the battles of his country is compelled to pay the price
demanded by these commercial vampires. The soldier may be poor; he may
have left a wife and children at home almost suffering from want, yet
these heartless speculators will take his last dollar without
compunction.

To
the same degraded race of bloodsuckers, belong those who are engaged in
securing a monopoly of the necessities of life, and holding them for
greatly increased prices. They are to be found, we regret to say, in
almost every community. They play into each other’s hands and thus
prevent free competition, while they continue to rob the soldiers, and
the government, by placing fictitious values on their goods, in order to
make their coveted profits. There are others who are engaged in
depreciating the currency of the government for the purpose of
subserving their own ends, and putting money in their pockets. These men
gauge their prices, not by the cost of the articles they have for sale,
but by the supposed necessity of the purchaser.

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MANASSAS, OTHERWISE
MANASSEH

Charleston Mercury--We note that there is some controversy as to the proper name of the
fields or plain where the great battle has been fought in Virginia,
which dispersed the hordes of the northern barbarians. It seems that the
Gap took its name from a venerable Hebrew publican, who kept the hostel
at that region. His name was Manasseh, after the two divisions—making
one-half of the Twelve Tribes of Israel—one portion of which dwelt
beyond and the other on the hither side of Jordan. The fact shows a
division of the tribes. The word “Mannaseh” is said, in the Hebrew,
to signify “forgetfulness.” It is, in this connection, significant.
Manasseh was the eldest son of Joseph, who was a good governor; he was
blessed of his grandfather Jacob, who was a favorite of Jehovah, as was
Joseph. His descendants constituted the chief
men of the half tribe—another significant fact. One of them became
King Of Judah, succeeding Hezekiah. Manasseh is a good, well-sounding
name, and the Plains of Manasseh” address the ear more gratefully in
the singular number than in the plural, and with a vowel rather tan a
consonant termination. It appears that the name was changed to the
hissing sound of Manassas by a railroad company. Railroad companies are
rarely remarkable for philosophy. They are apt to be indifferent to
etymology, and are even more heedless of euphony. In this respect we are
of the notion that the old Hebrew name should be restored, and the
hissing, whistling sound of the railroad name should be made to give way
to that which is more euphonious as well as more classical.
“Manasseh” signifying “forgetfulness” has its peculiar
significance also. In the march to this fight, the Lincolnites, living
beyond the Jordan—the Potomac—forgot the laws, the constitution, the ancient affinities, the laws
of nature, of humanity, andof
God. In bestowing the punishment they received, the victors forgot
also—obliterated every trace of their old connection—every link of
the weary chain of their protracted bondage—every memory of aught save
their ancestral rights—their birthright of freedom—the sacred
inheritance of 1776! The manacles brought to shackle our Manasseh on
this die of Jordan fell harmlessly from his limbs; and he stood up with
his chiefs around him—“the chief
men of the half-tribe”—the
proper prince among his people. And to how many thousands was that field
of “forgetfulness”—of utter oblivion-death, death suddenly sealing
the life of crime, of insolence, brutal lust, and an insane presumption!
Let it be, we pray, the “Plains of Manasseh”—the “Fields of
Forgetfulness”—the plains or fields in which one portion of the
tribes, forgetting all relationship, invading the peaceful fields of the
other, were made to acknowledge the favor of God to a portion of his
people, in the punishment of that portion which had forgotten God.

MONDAYSEPTEMBER 16, 1861THE
LOWELL (MA) DAILY CITIZEN & NEWS

GEN. FREMONT’S
PROCLAMATION

Letter of the President

The
morning papers bring the letter of President Lincoln to General Fremont,
touching the treatment of slaves belonging to rebels. As will be
observed, the President perceives no general objection to the
proclamation of the 30th August, yet he instructs General
Fremont to so far modify it as to make it conform to the confiscation
act of the late extra session. No reasons are given by the President for
wishing the modification indicated, and it will require a pretty careful
comparison of documents to determine the practical difference. The act
and the proclamation both provide for the confiscation of rebel property
including slaves, and in this they conform to approved precedents long
since established by General Jackson, General Jesup and other high
military authority. General Fremont in his proclamation, makes no
reference to the act of Congress, and it is presumed it did not once
occur to him that he was required to act otherwise than upon his own
responsibility, subject of course, to the approval of the
commander-in-chief. It is quite certain that the loyal people of the
country have found no cause of complaint, Nothing, indeed, has occurred
since the rebellion broke out which has seemed to elicit so general an
expression of popular favor, as this very proclamation of General
Fremont. The President’s letter is as follows:

WASHINGTON,
D.C., Sept. 11, 1861.

Major General Fremont:

Sir:--Yours of the 8th, in answer to mine of the 2d inst., is
just received. Assuming that you upon the ground could better judge of
the necessities of your position than I could at this distance, on
seeing your proclamation of Aug. 30th, I perceive no general
objection to it. The particular clause, however, in relation to the
confiscation of property and the liberation of slaves appeared to me to
be objectionable in its non-conformity to the act of Congress, passed
the 6th of last August, upon the same subject, and hence I
wrote you expressing my wish that that clause should be modified.
Accordingly, your answer, just received, expresses the preference on
your part, that I should make an open order for the modification, which
I cheerfully do.

It
is therefore ordered, that the said clause of said proclamation be so
modified, held and construed as to conform with and not to transcend the
provisions on the same subject contained in the act of Congress,
entitled “an act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary
purposes,” approved Aug. 6th, 1861, and that said act be
published at length with this order.

Your
obedient servant,

A.
LINCOLN

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The Destruction of the Gunboat Tigress on the Potomac—As
the steamer BenDeford,
which was recently employed in transporting sailors to Washington, was
descending the Potomac on her return, about 11 o’clock Thursday night,
a propeller was descried coming up the river. The regular signal, of one
whistle, for the steamer to pass to the right, was given, and the same
signal in return came from the propeller, which stood off on her proper
course, but suddenly changed direction and came up directly across the
bow of the BenDeford. The propeller,
which proved to be the U.S. gunboat Tigress, was cut down and sunk. There were sixteen men on board
including four “contrabands,” who were all saved through the
exertions of the officers and crew of the Deford.
The gunboat was a total loss, including a rifled cannon. She carried no
lights, being employed on secret government service. –Boston Traveller.

Gen. McClellan—The popularity of Gen. McClellan with the troops has been often
chronicled. But the Washington Star
relates an instance showing the estimation in which he is held that is
worth repetition. It is as follows:

Gen.
McClellan, on receiving intelligence that the enemy seemed disposed to
dispute Col. Stevens return from Lewisville to our lines, mounted, and
accompanied by his staff, hastened in the direction of the affair. He
was enthusiastically cheered by the troops whenever he was seen by them,
both going and returning. When he reached the command of Col. Stevens
that had been engaged, the men one and all raised a tremendous shout of
welcome. One poor fellow, in the very agonies of death from his wounds,
as the General took his hand, suddenly sprang up and thanked him for his
kind attention. He probably did not survive for half an hour afterwards.
Gen. McCall’s brigade gave him a most remarkable welcome, cheering him
as he passed, as commander was hardly ever before cheered.

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The
rebel army in Virginia is probably as well prepared for aggressive
operations as it will ever be. Since the affair of Manassas Beauregard
has been greatly reinforced, but the descent upon the North Carolina
coast has put an end to this. Henceforth rebel soldiers will be sent
South instead of coming North. The “Yankees” will now have to be
watched all along the coast from Hatteras to Pensacola. The panic which
has seized the North Carolina rebels has extended to Beauregard’s army
and many of his troops are impatient to return to help defend their
coast, now threatened from the sea. The southern papers complain that
while this army has been kept stationary they have fallen a prey to ennui,
discomfort, discontent and disease. How to support such a force in
Virginia as the rebels claim to have is a problem which the ablest
generals will find it difficult to solve. They must advance soon or
retreat from their strong-holds. They can hope for no advantage from
another day’s delay. If they intend to burn or take Washington before
the war ends, now is their time to “push on the column.” They claim
superiority as to numbers in the field. They boast that in ever battle
east of the Blue Ridge the confederates have shown themselves able to
cope with the federal forces. Let Beauregard push on, then, to Arlington
or throw a hundred thousand men across the Potomac. This done, nothing
remains but to take Washington, run up the confederate bunting, and on
to Philadelphia. Push on the column!

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East India Cotton—The English papers state that East India cotton has been purchased
in Great Britain by agents of American mills. The London Star of Aug. 29th gives some account of one purchase of a
quantity from Surat, which is to be shipped to this country. That paper
says:

It is stated that the
account of fifteen thousand bales of cotton having been shipped from
Liverpool to New York is incorrect; but it is asserted that such a
quantity of East India cotton has been bought, and it is now held in
this country on American account, to be disposed of according to
circumstances. It will be strange if America becomes a purchaser of East
India cotton in the British market; but few things are more likely in
the event of a prolongation of the present unhappy war.

TUESDAYSEPTEMBER
17, 1861THE
HARTFORD (CT) DAILY COURANT

We
yesterday printed an article from St. Louis complaining that New England
was not doing her share in this war; percontra, we now publish an article from St. Louis, giving New England
credit both for what she has done and for what she will do:

New England and the War—“We Have Not Yet begun to Fight”From the St.
Louis Democrat

Some
of the papers are charging New England with a want of enthusiasm in the
war. It is said that she does not contribute her proper share of men to
the army, and comparisons are instituted between Massachusetts and
Illinois to the discredit of the former. Now while we glory in the
patriotism and self-sacrifice of the prairie state and would not pluck a
leaf from the laurel crown of any gallant sate of the northwest, it is
no more than just that we should bear in mind the following facts:
First, the one hundred thousand men, or more, under General Fremont’s
command, are, to a great extent, emigrants from New England; while not a
man of western birth can be found in an eastern regiment. The truth is,
the west has been for the last twenty-five years draining with wonderful
rapidity the east of its young men, until now the population of New
England consists largely of persons who are either too young or too old
for military service. Second, it is safe to affirm, that at least two
thirds of the naval force of the country are drawn from New England. The
twenty or thirty thousand men who are manning our war steamers and
gunboats, do not make much show in our public prints. And yet it needed
not the recent brilliant exploit at Hatteras to demonstrate to men of
intelligence, that our navy must play an important part in the bloody
drama, upon whose first act the curtain has scarcely fallen.

Third,
a very large proportion of all the material
necessary for conducting the war with efficiency and success is
manufactured in New England. Probably not less than fifty thousand men
are employed in Massachusetts alone, most of them night and day, in
making every variety of articles required by the troops, from a Havelock
to a rifled cannon. The Illinois soldier marches in Lynn shoes, wears a
coat of Lawrence cloth, and shootsecession traitors with a Springfield musket.

We
might mention some other considerations pertinent to this subject, not
forgetting the liberal outpouring of money; but these are sufficient for
our purpose. The fact, however, is not to be disguised that neither New
England nor any of the other loyal states has yet seemed to realize
fully the magnitude of the interest involved in this gigantic rebellion
of the slaveholding oligarchy. The rebuff at Manassas, and the
melancholy, not to say needless, slaughter of the heroic Lyon, have
served to quicken the pulse of the war department; but, as might have
been expected from the crippled and exposed condition in which the
government was left by the perjured traitor Floyd, all that has thus far
been done us only preparatory. We have not yet begun to fight.

Probably
the bloodiest naval battle during the revolutionary war was fought near
the English coast off Flamborough Head, between the English ship Serapis
and the American ship BonHommeRichard, commanded
by John Paul Jones. Early in the engagement the vessels became entangled
so that the Bon Homme Richard was exposed to the deadly
broadsides of its powerful enemy, without being able to do any damage in
return. At lengths after hours of murderous slaughter, when the American
vessel had been riddled through and through by cannon balls, its masts
shivered into splinters, and the “stars and stripes,” under which
Jones and his brave seamen had won many a victory, had all been shot
away, the British commander supposing that the Americans had struck
their flag, shouted through his trumpet and asked if they intended to
surrender. The thunder of battle was hushed for a moment while Jones,
covered in blood and smeared with powder stains, appeared upon the
slippery deck in the midst of the ghastly heaps of his dead and wounded,
and answered the interrogatory, in a voice which had in its imperial
tones no tremor, no quiver of fear or doubt: “Surrender? No! I have
not yet begun to fight!” The tide of battle soon turned, the guns
of the Serapis were silenced one by one, the red cross of England
was lowered to the obstinate valor of republican patriots fighting for
freedom, and the expiring hopes of American independence were rekindled
in the bosoms of liberty loving men all over the world.

It requires no
prophet’s eye to see in the conflict of the Serapis and Bon
Homme Richard a symbol of the conflict now raging between the loyal
and rebellious states of the Union. The traitors, flushed with their
slight temporary successes, may shout, “lo triumphe!” and in
their infatuation expect the federal troops to sue for peace and pardon
at the knees of the august Davis, but the shadow of inevitable doom is
already beginning to darken their camps and hearth stones. Thousands
upon thousands are rushing from every valley and hillside of the north,
as if summoned by the ancient fiery cross, to the support of the
government, and it is not more certain that Justice and Right sit
enthroned in heaven than that the grand flag of our fathers shall again
float in triumph from the Aroostook to the Rio Grande.

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WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?

“England
expects every man to do his duty;” so Lord Nelson told his men, just
before the bloody fight at Trafalgar came off; and every man in the
fleet, from the post-captain down to the youngest urchin, felt the
magical inspiration of the hero, the time, and the words, and endeavored
throughout the fight to “do his whole duty.”

We
are now in a similar crisis; the country is in great straits, and every
man who has a particle of patriotism, of gratitude for the freedom we
have hitherto enjoyed, or of unselfish desire, that posterity should not
lose the benefit of our fathers’ struggles and sacrifices, through any
remissness of ours, must NOW DO HIS WHOLE DUTY. Every man has his
sphere; and every man must judge for himself what his duty is; but
having once settled that point, in his own mind, let there be no
flinching! We want now “the long pull, the strong pull, and the pull
altogether.” What we are fighting for, is the Supremacy of the Laws of
the United States within the United States, and every inch thereof,
reckless of all illegal and abortive declarations of Southern States
that they are no longer part and parcel of our country. That declaration
they have no right to make, and it is null and void by whomsoever made.
The Constitution of the United States expressly declares (Article 6)
that it and the laws and treaties under it “shall be the supreme law
of the land, and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby;
anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary
notwithstanding.” If any pretended peace man asks a soldier of the U.
S. what he is fighting for, let him reply “I am fighting for Article 6
of the U.S. Constitution, and until you can legally erase that article
from the Constitution, I intend to fight for it.” No lawyer, and no
sophist has yet contrived a decent answer to that clause of the
Constitution, in behalf of the rebels.

Such
times as we are now living in come only at rare intervals. In one sense
it is a blessing and a thing we ought all to be grateful for, that we
are living in times which show what the real man is, and whether or no
he is able and willing to stand up to his opportunities and prove his
mettle. We all can do something; one man can aid with his money; another
with his influence; another with his muscle. If you cannot enlist
yourself, you can facilitate the enlistment of some neighbor, relative
or friend. You can remove stumbling blocks out of the way of those
disposed to enlist, if such and such obstacles were removed; take hold,
and get the obstacle off the track. You can persuade some timorous soul
to unlock his money bags for the good of the country. You can frown upon
all “peace talk,” another name for secession, and can keep up the
spirit of all about you. Let not old Connecticut, the Charter Oak State,
that has hitherto been proud of what she did in the great revolution, be
now found wanting in this great rebellion. Remember that we are living
history, and that annalists hereafter will praise or blame, according as
we now conduct. There is no such thing as blinding posterity to the real
truth about this struggle. If we are in earnest, and each man

DOES
HIS WHOLE DUTY, posterity will know it; and they will know it too if we
prove craven, inefficient, half-way covenanters, in this hour of our
country’s agony. We are fighting for “THE SUPREMACY OF THE LAWS OF
THE LAND,” and we can ask no better cause to live for, pay for, bleed
for, and if needs be, die for.

WEDNESDAYSEPTEMBER
18, 1861THE
PORTLAND (ME) DAILY ADVERTISER

Gen. Davis—The
armycorrespondent of the
New Orleans Delta, writing
from Virginia under date of the 21st ult., says:

I
was forcibly reminded of the uncertainty of contemporaneous history by
happening to find the following paragraph in a copy of the Delta,
published a few days after the battle of Manassas:

“But
One Order—A
Manassas dispatch to Nashville say that President Davis arrived on the
field on Sunday, and gave but one order: ‘Forward, my brave columns!
Forward!’ The effect was electric. The fortune of the day was decided.
The brave fellows swept everything before them.”

And
the absurd statement—a statement entirely false in every
particular—has been repeated in a variety of forms, until a moiety1
in a hundred of all the people in the Confederate States and in the
United States actually believe that the victory of our army at Manassas
was owing entirely to the effect of President Davis’s arrival on the
field of battle, or of his skilful dispositions after reaching the field
of action. Nor have I yet seen one single editorial contradiction of
this report—so injurious and so unjust to our Generals and our
troops—although the fact is, as I have taken the trouble to inform you
in a previous letter, that President Davis has no more to do with the
battle of Manassas than with the battle of New Orleans; that he did not
reach the field until the victory was won and the enemy was flying; and
that he did not take command of any portion of our forces.

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Kentucky Preparing—The work of preparing for the approaching conflict seems to be going
forward bravely in Kentucky. The Union force in that State is gathering
in most formidable numbers. At Camp Dick Robinson, in Garrard county,
there are said to be 7000 or 8000 men, including one full regiment of
cavalry and two regiments, nearly full, of Tennessee men. It is reported
that another amp is forming in Nicholas county; while at Camp Joe Holt,
just across the Ohio river, General Rosecrans has a strong brigade of
Kentuckians. By advertisements in the Kentucky papers, we see also that
a regiment of infantry is being raised for General Anderson’s brigade
by Colonel Curran Pope, another by Mark Handy of Newport, another by
Colonel Stephen Ormsby, who served in Mexico with credit, and a regiment
of cavalry by Colonel J. S. Jackson, all to be for the war—while
single companies appear to be forming in all quarters.

We
also observe in the Louisville Journal
the following significant advertisement, which makes one suspect that
the United States government is not forgetting the true-hearted
Kentuckians:

“Good Union men can
obtain first-rate Navy Revolvers, superior to any hitherto offered, at
the cheapest rates, by inquiring immediately at this office.”

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How to Get a Commission—The New York World
says, what any one who has been connected with political affairs since
April last could have said as well:

We
have been bored, as others have been, by a good many young men who have
wasted weeks and months in dancing attendance upon the Departments at
Washington, upon editors, upon public men, and everybody else having, or
suspected of having, a tithe of influence with those in authority,
vainly striving to get commissions in the army. The Albany Journal
tells them how to succeed better:

We
are personally acquainted with several young gentlemen who volunteered
as privates, but who, because of their activity, attention to their
duties, and marked excellence of character, already held commissions.
What they have achieved any young man may, who works for it. It is
possible, even for a private, to compel attention from his superiors.
There are a thousand ways in which this may be done. Intelligent
officers are close observers of the character and deportment of their
men, and are not slow to avail themselves of their services.

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A Foretaste--The people of Norfolk and Portsmouth do not like
their new taskmasters. The Portsmouth correspondent of the Richmond Examiner
wrote lately that “if the government finds its workshops deserted
within a short time it need not be surprised,” and that “not a day
goes passes that the new government is not losing the popular
confidence.” It is even asserted by this writer that Portsmouth is on
the eve of a local revolution. On the 9th ult., the mechanics
in the blacksmith department threw down their tools because of the
arbitrary doings and exactions of the naval officers. They retired in a
body to the City Hall, [with] the avowed intention of sending a
committee to Richmond to obtain redress of their grievances. The
correspondent recommended the restoration of civilians to the control of
the navy yard, and that sufficient safeguards be established “against
the outrageous infractions of civilian rights which the military
authority rarely fails to essay where there is a sign of power to
warrant arbitrariness.” He concludes thus: “If you could see the
tyrannies in operation then your columns would teem with indignant
articles.” This is quite a revolution.

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Ship Owners—A
number of ship owners called in a body upon Collector Barney, yesterday,
with reference to the seizure of ships owned in part at the South. Capt.
Marshall officiated as chairman, etc.

After
an informal interchange of opinions and statements with the collector,
it was agreed that a committee should be appointed to proceed to
Washington to confer with the Secretary of the Treasury upon the points
involved. The shipowners objected very strongly to the course pursued by
the U.S. officials in unnecessarily obstructing, as they alleged, the
employment of shipping owned in great part by loyal citizens, to their
great detriment.

Mr.
Barney met the shipowners in a very friendly and conciliatory spirit,
but disclaimed all power of affording them any relief. It, therefore,
became necessary to appeal to the government at Washington for such a
construction of the law as will not subject loyal citizens to punishment
for the evil deeds of southern rebels.

It
is well known in shipping circles, that the southern owner in the ship R. A. Hiern was faithful to the Union up to the last moment, at the
risk of his life. Indeed, nothing but his age and high standing in
Mobile saved him from the fury of the mob. It is naturally felt that the
confiscation of such a man’s property is a great hardship. –N.
Y. World, Saturday.

THURSDAYSEPTEMBER
19, 1861THE
NEW

HAMPSHIRE SENTINEL

A BATTLE IN
WESTERN VIRGINIA

We
have good news from Western Virginia. The rebel forces under Floyd have
been routed, and the knave himself has fled by night. On Tuesday
afternoon, Gen. Rosecranz, with three regiments of Ohio troops, found
the rebels on the top of a mountain at Cannix Ferry, of the west side of
the Gauley River. This position was strong and well chosen—the rear
and both flanks were inaccessible, and the front was guarded by a
forest. The Ohio 10th opened the battle, and drove a strong
detachment of the enemy out of position. The 10th, 12th
and 13th then went into action together, and the fight raged
with fierceness for some time. The rebels’ fire—of musketry, rifles,
canister, and shells—was terrible, though the damage done was not
commensurate with the noise made. Col. Lytle of the 10th Ohio
Regiment, while charging at the head of some Irish companies, fell
wounded; Col. Lowe of the 12th Ohio was shot dead with a
bullet through his forehead. The fight, which had slackened somewhat,
was renewed with great vigor towards sundown; the German brigade then
went most gallantly in, and for three hours the battle was hot. Then,
darkness coming on, the recall was sounded, and each army rested on its
arms, ready to renew the strife in the morning. But when the morning
broke the enemy was not visible. Floyd had disappeared in the night,
leaving behind him his camp equipment, wagons, horses, a large quantity
of ammunition, and 50 head of cattle; he sunk his boats and destroyed
his bridges as he went. Our loss in this affair was 15 killed and 70
wounded. The loss on the enemy side is not known, but it must have been
heavy. Twenty-five of Col. Tyler’s men, who were taken by Floyd at
Cross Lane, were recaptured, and Floyd’s personal baggage, with that
of his officers, was taken by Gen. Benham’s brigade, which suffered
most.

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Death of Ex-Gov. Briggs—Ex.
Gov. Briggs died of his recent terrible wound3 at Pittsfield,
Mass., last Thursday. His case was hopeless from the first, and he was
himself impressed with this fact. He could not converse on account of
the nature of his wound, but wrote on a slate many messages to his
family ad friends. His funeral was attended on Saturday by 4000 people,
among whom was his son, Col. Briggs of the 10th Massachusetts
regiment. The deceased was a good man, and his loss will be sincerely
regretted throughout the country.

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Colors Restored—Gen. McClellan, Tuesday, restored to the New York 79th
their forfeited colors. The Scotchmen received them with enthusiasm, and
with oaths of fidelity. They gave three times three and a tiger to
Secretary Cameron. There were few dry eyes in the regiment. After the
war, the Secretary pledged, for the whole length of his life, his roof
and purse to every man in the regiment who had been commanded by his
brother, and had witnessed his death.

ANOTHER BATTLE IN WESTERN VIRGINIAOUR WHOLE LINE ATTACKED—GEN.
LEE AND THE REBELS REPULSED

A
special dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette,
from Cannix Ferry, on Saturday last, says that the rebel General Lee2
resumed his attack along our whole line at Cheat Mountain, on Friday. After
a long contest, Gen. Reynolds fairly repulsed him with considerable loss and
little or no loss on our side, owing to the fact that our troops fought
behind entrenchments. Lee has manifestly a large force, but is alarmed lest
Rosencrans should come up in his rear.

Our
scouts returned on Saturday from a ten miles’ exploration toward
Lewisburg.

McCook
took seventeen prisoners, Saturday, in an armed reconnoissance across the
river.

Gen.
Cox was at camp, Monday, for an interview with Gen. Rosencrans. He has moved
the main body of his army from Gauley bridge toward Lewisburg.

Wise
and Floyd are retreating as fast as possible.

The
body of Col. John A. Washington was sent over to the enemy, Sunday, from Elk
Water, under a flag of truce; and while on the way it was met by a similar
flag, coming from the enemy, for the purpose of obtaining information as to
his condition.

On
the 12th inst., a detachment of 300 men from the 14th
Indiana regiment, and 24th and 25th Ohio regiments,
dispersed three Tennessee regiments under Gen. Anderson on the west side of
Cheat Mountain, completely routing them, killing 80 and obtaining most of
their equipments. Our loss was 8 killed.

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HORRIBLE
CASE OF POISONING

Winchendon, Sept. 18.

EDITOR,
SENTINEL—There was a man by the name of Geo. Hartwell, living in this
town, who poisoned his mother, wife, and sister, on Saturday of last week,
with arsenic, and then took a dose himself, but did not take enough to do
much harm. His mother died the same day. His wife and sister are dangerously
sick, but will probably recover. To-day he acknowledged the deed and made a
clean confession. I will let you know more about it when the coroner’s
inquest is through.

Henry
W. Clark

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Rebel Officers Shot—Two rebel offices, while
spying about our camp at Elk Water, in Western Virginia, Friday morning,
were surprised by our pickets and shot. The body of one was brought into
camp and proved to be Col. John A. Washington of Mount Vernon. He was not a
direct descendant of the great Washington, whose work he was so shamefully
endeavored to pull down, but was the son of Bushrod Washington, the favorite
nephew of the “father of his country.” His character was utterly
unworthy of the illustrious name he bore, and no tears will be shed over his
loss among those who most revere his name.

FRIDAYSEPTEMBER
20, 1861THE
LIBERATOR (MA)

GOVERNMENT INGRATITUDE TO THE IRISH

Boston Pilot--It is in the essence of
government to be impartial to those that live under it. Being paternal
by nature, and receiving existence for the achievement of the common
good, it can never, with justice, draw a line of demarcation between its
citizens. All that are under its sway have an equal right to its
protection, to its benevolence, to its patronage. In return, it has an
equal claim on the loyalty of the people. A partial4
State power is a tyrannous one, and open disaffection to it, in the
classes injured, is both a natural consequence and very legitimate
hostility. A government without strict impartial justice has no right to
obedience, and we hope we shall never see suchsystem of rule entirely
submitted to.

The
present Administration at Washington has more than one blotch on it for
partiality. It is by no means entitled to all
our support. The slave principles of the men constituting it are, beyond
all contradiction, a great deal of the cause of our actual troubles. It
cannot be denied that they were
uncompromising Abolitionists, and that their elevation to power has been
much of the direct practical cause of the unfortunate act of disunion. A
legitimate dread of partial
government, from Lincoln’s Cabinet, has been a formidable agent in
secession. If that magistrate had not been elected, the country would
not now be disrupted. Himself and his ministers were always partizans.

When
the war commenced, the Administration assumed a national air, which had
the effect of uniting in its
support the whole North. The native and the emigrant, the Whig, the
Democrat, and the Abolitionist—all flocked together, then, like true
patriots, around the pillars of the Constitution. The Governmentcast off—or appeared to cast off-every tincture of partizanship;
and the people became one in sentiment to preserve the nation. No one
will deny that the foreign citizens have shown themselves to be
splendidly animated with this just and necessary principle of unity.
They constitute more than five out of eight of the national army. Had
they not enlisted, impressment could not be avoided. But they forgot not
their oaths of citizenship; and when a national
proclamation to take up arms was issued, they went in tens of thousands
to the recruiting depots. Germans and Irish—our principal foreign
citizens—immediately answered that call. But the Irishmen responded to
it with amazing force. In the State of Pennsylvania alone, upwards of
fifteen thousand of them patriotically obeyed the summons. Ex
uno disce omnes.5
And all the Administration papers threw out baits for the Irish to
enlist. Journals that had often before shamefully reviled them for
misfortunes they could not help, and by misrepresentations no man of
honor would think of, basely turned round when Sumter fell, and
flattered, with fulsome rhetoric, every feature in their national
vanity. This was done in Boston, in Philadelphia, in New York—in every
city in the North. But there was no necessity for the unprincipled
subterfuge, and it did not succeed; Irish military spirit and loyalty to
the country of their adoption are not the effect of the venal praise of
newspapers.

The
two principles belong, in the largest measure, to themselves. The
Administration papers did not induce a single Irish enlistment. If there
were no papers in the country, that people would have answered the
President’s proclamation; and when they answered it, they did so from
their own nature and judgment. The importance of their response appeared
at the battle of Manassas. It was evident in the extravagant flattery
employed to cajole them in to the army. And it appears now, in the
common acknowledgement of the country, that the Irish element is
decidedly the best in the national forces. If the Irish had not
enlisted, how would the army have been made up? If the 69th
had not been at Manassas, what would have been the result of the day? If
the Irish should now withdraw from the war, how would the war be carried
on? How could the rebellion ever be suppressed? We shall wait for
answers to these questions, but we fear we must wait for a long time.
The whole fact is—without Irish soldiers, the war cannot be well
carried one.

From
these numerous facts, it is plain that the Administration at Washington
should not treat our Irish fellow-citizens in an exclusive manner—in a
partial way—by a rule exhibitive of decided preference for other
people; that they should receive a fair amount of the public patronage.
Such, however, is far from being the case. On
the 29th of July, by a single order from the Secretary of the
navy, fifty Irishmen were dismissed from the single Navy Yard of
Charlestown, because they were foreigners, and their places given to an
equal number of fanatic Abolitionists.

We
submit that this is a degenerate act. Had it been perpetrated at any
other time, we might pass it over; but doing it at the moment when the
Irish element is the most important feature in our army, is committing
an enormous violation of decency. It is an act of deep ingratitude to
the Irish themselves, and a grievous outrage on the common sentiment of
the whole North. But Lincoln and his cabinet were always partisans. True
national men they can never be. Our satisfaction is, that they will not always be
in office; and that it was not their influence of character, but the
dangers which threatened the Constitution, that made the North unite,
and the Irish to enlist.

In the meantime, there
ought tobe a public
meeting in Boston, on this shameful partizan act.6It is an act that insults the
common Union sentiment of the Northern States. The community
especially outraged by it, is under an obligation to make a spiritual
protest. Faneuil Hall can be easily obtained—if not, some other hall
may be. Boston and Charlestown owe it to themselves, and to the country,
to show the Administration that it is not the season for Know-nothing
partizanship to be brought into operation. Partizan governments deserve
no support, and the sooner their day is ended the better. Oh! That
America were never infested by mere politicians!

SATURDAYSEPTEMBER
21, 1861THE

BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER

PARTICULARS OF THE LEXINGTON AFFAIR

St. Louis, Sept. 20—The
following additional particulars in regard to affairs at Lexington have
been ascertained. The first attack on the fortifications is said to have
been made on Thursday of last week, but this is certainly a mistake, as
Gen. Price did not leave Warrenburg, 40 miles south of Lexington, until
Wednesday night. The attack was probably made on Monday, as stated by
previous advices, with about 800 men. The engagement lasted 2 hours,
when the rebels were repulsed with a loss of 100killed and between 200 and 300 wounded.

The
fortifications are situated at the edge of the town on a bluff
overlooking the river. The works are of earth, 7 feet high, 12 feet
thick, with a ditch 6 feet in depth and 12 feet broad surrounding them.
Another and smaller work is erected inside and defended by a ditch. The
whole works are capable of holding 10,000 men.

The
attack on Wednesday was a determined affair and lasted nearly all day.

The
reinforcements from the North under General Sturgis probably number
3000, but should they be unable to cross the river, which is quite
likely, the only aid they can give will be to sweep with their artillery
the points occupied by the rebels. It is confidently hoped, however,
that the 6000 troops that left Jefferson City on Wednesday will be able
to land at or near Lexington, and cut their way through the enemy’s
forces and join Col. Mulligan.

It
is said that Col. Mulligan expressed confidence in being able to hold
his position against any force, not more than ten times greater than
his.

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Papers for the Soldiers—A
gentleman whose nameis
intimately connected with the cause of education in this State, has sent
us his check, with instructions to end the Weekly Issue of the Daily
Advertiser to each of 40 companies of Massachusetts soldiers in the
field, for the period of six months. He says—“Whenever I read any
good thing relating to this country or interesting to our soldiers, I
wish as many of them as possible might read it, too.” He is pleased to
add that he finds a great many such things in our paper. He has taken a
course which will cause hundreds of the brave men whose welfare he has
at heart, to feel deep gratitude towards their unknown benefactor.

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Attentions to Mr. Russell—It is reported that a large number of petitions have
been sent in to the war department, praying that no pass be given
hereafter to Mr. Russell of the London Times to cross the Potomac or to
enter our camps. The petitioners think that Mr. Russell fails in
sympathy for the Union, and possibly think this the best way to convert
him.

There
is reason to believe that the government understands its true policy in
the case better than these petitioners do. Whatever Mr. Russell does
amiss is plainly not the result of malice, but either of weakness or of
lack of judgment. In such a case it is hardly worth while for the
officers of the government to descend to such petty business as to make
him feel their unfavorable opinion of his picture of our affairs. It is
much wiser for the government and for individuals also to keep their
temper, and confide in the intrinsic right of our case, that will show
itself at last even to Russell. Meanwhile we are glad to see it stated
that the obnoxious correspondent is in fact the recipient of attentions,
which even representatives of our own press do not receive, and that on
occasions like the recent presentation of colors to the Pennsylvania
regiments he is invited to be present, when in Washington.

It
gives us great pleasure to call attention to the following call made
upon the women of New England by Rev. Dr. Eliot of St. Louis. We trust
that the call will be answered promptly and generously, and to aid this
we suggest that it might prove to be of great advantage if the various
country papers would join in giving it publicity—

To the Patriotic Women of New England

Well-knit
woolen socks, large size, are urgently needed by the sick and wounded
soldiers in the hospitals at St. Louis, and in the neighborhood. Several
thousand pairs could immediately be used to great advantage.The exposure of the soldiers at the West is very great. Forced
marches, guerilla warfare, the miasma of low and swampy grounds, (as at
Cairo, and in Southern Missouri) are here added to the ordinary risks of
a soldier’s life. Our own citizens are manifesting great liberality,
but the above article, of good quality, such
as New England womenmake,
cannot be obtained here at any price. The army of the West is doing its
full share in defence of the Union. Their sick and suffering appeal to
you for aid. A large part of some regiments are natives of New England,
and have especial claims on your sympathy. All packages and boxes may be
directed and sent by Express, to “Sanitary Commission, Western
Department, St. Louis, Missouri,” and the freight, if not prepaid,
will be paid here. If sent to the care of Messrs. A. G. Farwell &
Co., No. 8 Central wharf, Boston, they will be forwarded at the least
possible expense.

WILLIAM
G. ELIOT
Member of the Sanitary Commission

St.
Louis, Sept. 16, 1861

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Various Matters

A
recent order of General McClellan declares that firing on the enemy’s
pickets is contrary to the usage of civilized warfare. He therefore
orders that there shall be no firing on pickets, unless it becomes
necessary to resist their advance or to return a fire commenced by them.

The
Navy Department has received dispatches from Flag-Officer Stribling of
the East India squadron, which state that Cochin China is at war with
the French, who have possession of a considerable portion of the
country, and are preparing for a vigorous campaign. They also state that
Commander Schenck had fully vindicated the insult of firing into the Saginaw
by the Chinese, and no further action was required.

The
[New York] Post’s special
Washington dispatch says Gen. Fremont will not be removed, but his
movements will be so impeded as to force him to resign.

A
company of infantry has been tendered to the Government from the
Hawaiian Islands, and accepted. It consists of American emigrants and
native Islanders. It is expected to come as soon as the acceptance
reaches the Islands.7

1 Moiety:
a half or an indefinite portion, part or share.

2Yes, this is
Robert E. Lee, engaged in his first battle of the war.

3Briggs, past
governor of Massachusetts, had been accidentally shot as he was
retrieving a coat from his closet, when a loaded gun fell and
discharged, on September 4, inst.

4“partial”
here does not mean “part,” but partial to, or biased in favor of, a
portion of the people.

5“From one person learn all persons,” meaning “from one we can judge
the rest.”

6Yes, they’ve
spelled the word both “partisan” and “partizan” throughout this
article. Either the spelling was in the process of changing--or the
reporter couldn’t spell any better than folks today.